Little Boy Lost

This is a deeply moving story of a a father's search for the little son whom he has never seen. Hilary Wainwright is a young English poet who has had to bear the double tragedy of certain loss and uncertain hope. His French wife has been murdered by the Gestapo during the war, and their baby has disappeared. By the war's end, Hilary has managed to bury his tragic past; but a French friend persuades him to look for his child if only for the sake of his wife's memory. Determined not to let his emotions become involved again, he returns to France. But three years is a long time for a little boy to be lost in a country disrupted by war. Records have been mislaid and memories have grown vague. The search leads from the back alleys of Paris to a Catholic orphanage in a little French provincial town, where at length, Hilary finds a child who may or may not be his son. His attempts to get to know the little boy, and the choice that he must make at least within his own heart, build up a suspense that is not resolved until the last pages.